The Rt Hon Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke

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Biography

Baroness (Helen) Liddell of Coatdyke was MP for Monklands East (1994-1997) and then for Airdrie and Shotts until 2005. She held a number of Ministerial positions including Economic Secretary to the Treasury, Energy Minister and Minister of State for Transport before becoming Secretary of State for Scotland (2001-2003). She was British High Commissioner to Australia until 2009 and was made a life peer in 2010. Baroness Liddell was part of the review of the circumstances surrounding the helicopter crash on the Mull of Kintyre at the request of the Coalition Government and was on the Joint Committee on the Prevention of Terrorism. She is Chairman of Annington (since March 2017); Chairman of the Good Governance Group (G3) (2014 onwards); a Member of the Advisory Board of PWC (2014 onwards); and Honorary President of the Carbon Capture and Storage Association (2016 onwards). She is also a Trustee of the Northcote Educational Trust and the Britain Australia Society Educational Trust.

Member of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments

The role of the committee is to:

provide independent advice to the Prime Minister on the application of the government’s Business Appointment Rules to the most senior members of the Civil Service, armed forces, diplomatic service, and intelligence agencies who wish to take up appointments within 2 years of leaving Crown service

provide independent advice directly to former ministers on appointments they wish to take up within 2 years of leaving government

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